New Shepard (Blue Origin)
The New Shepard, manufactured by Blue Origin established in 2000, undertook its inaugural launch on 04/29/2015, is reusable and is active.
New Shepard has 28 successful launches and 1 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 29 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
The New Shepard reusable launch system is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), suborbital manned rocket that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.
- Length: 15 m
- Diameter: 3.7 m
- Launch Mass: 75 T
Manufacturer
Blue Origin (BO)
CEO: Jeff Bezos
Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
